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On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:17 PM, <skip@pobox.com> wrote:
With all these distributed revision control systems now available (bzr, hg, darcs, svk, many more), I find I need an introduction to the concepts and advantages of repository distribution. It seems to me that it has the potential for leading to anarchy, though I can see how some things would be improved (working offline, maintaining local patches). It's not obvious how I push changes back upstream. Can someone point me to some useful content (web pages or books) which will help me wrap my brain around the ideas? Maybe a compare/contrast of the major players?
Unfortunately, Wikipedia's article doesn't seem up to snuff. http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/scm.html seems like a good overview of various players. http://ianclatworthy.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/dvcs-why-and-how3.pdf tells you why you should use it. I have found Bazaar's user guide to be a very gently gentle introduction to the topic: http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/bzr.dev/en/user-guide/index.html When you're ready for laughs, you can watch Linus give a talk on git: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 For anything else, Google it!
Thanks,
Skip
Cheers, Benjamin Peterson
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